Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

तव वाक्यान्मया त्यक्तः स्वाश्रमस्तीक्ष्णदी धिते । तवार्थे च न गंतव्यं भूयस्तत्र कथंचन

Transliteration

tava vākyānmayā tyaktaḥ svāśramastīkṣṇadī dhite | tavārthe ca na gaṃtavyaṃ bhūyastatra kathaṃcana

Translation

„Auf dein Wort hin, o du mit scharfem Strahlenglanz, verließ ich meinen eigenen Āśrama. Und um deinetwillen darf ich dorthin niemals wieder gehen—auf keinerlei Weise.“

Word by Word

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• वाक्यात्: from (your) statement/word
• वाक्यात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन (Singular)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/Agentive instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• त्यक्तः: abandoned/left
• त्यक्तः: Karma (Object in passive sense/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु) → त्यक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्वाश्रमः: (my) own hermitage/āśrama
• स्वाश्रमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Genitive determinative: 'one's own āśrama'), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तीक्ष्णदीधिते: O sharp-rayed one (Sun)
• तीक्ष्णदीधिते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीक्ष्ण + दीधिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (Descriptive: 'sharp-rayed'), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (Singular)

• तव: for you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Purpose/related to you)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• अर्थे: in the matter/purpose
• अर्थे: Adhikarana (Purpose-context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (Conjunction/and)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (Negation particle)

• गन्तव्यम्: should be gone/one must go
• गन्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गन्तव्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); निषेधेन सह: 'न गन्तव्यम्' = 'must not go'

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निपात)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (Adverb: again/further)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (Locative adverb: there)

• कथंचन: in any way/at all
• कथंचन: Sambandha (Emphatic modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थ-प्रयोगे (Used with negation: 'in any way/at all')

Speaker

Agastya (addressing Sūrya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūrya (Bhānu)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage, radiant with tapas, speaks firmly to the Sun-god; behind him a simple forest hermitage stands as the symbol of what has been abandoned, while the tirtha’s sanctified ground is implied as the new center of dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Sūrya (Tīkṣṇadīdhiti)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfastness in a chosen dharmic course: once renunciation is undertaken for a higher purpose, one should not relapse into former attachments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha is specified in this line; it reinforces the pilgrimage-oriented narrative by highlighting Agastya’s decisive movement.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it speaks of leaving an āśrama and a firm resolve not to return.